Warner Classics

Angela Gheorghiu London Symphony Orchestra, Evelino Pido

Christa Ludwig (Carmen), Melitta Muszely (Micaëla), Ursula Schirrmacher (Frasquita), Ursula Gust (Mercédès), Rudolf Schock (Don José), Hermann Prey (Escamillo); Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein

The Endellion String Quartet

Maria Callas (Aida), Richard Tucker (Radamès), Fedora Barbieri (Amneris), Tito Gobbi (Amonasro), Giuseppe Modesti (Ramfis) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Vilde Frang (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)

Marcel Cordes, Nada Puttar, Pilar Lorengar, Gottlob Frick & Fritz Wunderlich Bamberger Symphoniker & RIAS-Kammerchor, Rudolf Kempe

Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra

Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti

Boris Giltburg (piano)

Gerhard Unger (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Wehofschitz (tenor), Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Raymond Wolansky (baritone), Franz Crass (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Philippa Davies (flute) Chilingirian Quartet & Markus Klinko & ensemble

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier

Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Claron McFadden (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Huw Watkins )piano), Christopher Maltman (baritone) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Thomas Adès

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

Elly Ameling, Janet Baker, Robert Tear & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Philip Ledger

Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon

Xuefei Yang (guitar) Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona, Eiji Oue

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Marga Hoffgen (alto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass) New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Maria Callas (Leonora), Giuseppe di Stefano (Manrico), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Rolando Panerai (Il Conte di Luna), Nicola Zaccaria (Ferrando), Luisa Villa (Ines), Renato Ercolani (Ruiz), Giulio Mauri (Un vecchio zingaro), Renato Ercolani (Un messo) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Herbert von Karajan

Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

English Chamber Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle

Alison Balsom (trumpet), Colm Carey (organ), Alina Ibragimova (violin), Alistair Ross (harpsichord & chamber organ) & Mark Caudle (viola de gamba)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

Robin Blaze, Christopher Maltman & Susan Bickley Polyphony & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Layton & Thomas Ades

Martin Roscoe (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), David Goode (organ), Robert Aldwinckle (harpsichord), Richard Studt (violin), Chilingirian Quartet (string quartet), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Ene Salumäe (percussion), Mati Turi (tenor), Tiit Kogermann (tenor), Aarne Talvik (bass), Evelin Saul (contralto), Kaia Urb (soprano), Vilve Hepner (soprano), Vasari Singers, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Jeremy Backhouse, Stephen Cleobury, Paavo Järvi, Tõnu Kaljuste

Nigel Kennedy (violin & direction) Polish Chamber Orchestra

Helen Donath, Christa Ludwig, Robert Tear & Robert Lloyd Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Maurice André (trumpet), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Catherine Patriasz (soprano), Charles Brett (countertenor), Taverner Consort (vocal ensemble), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Caroline Trevor (contralto), Edith Mathis (soprano), Sibyl Michelow (contralto), Franz Crass (bass), Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Stephanie Blythe (contralto), Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Emily van Evera (soprano), Taverner Players, Charles Daniels (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Eckart Haupt (flute), Gudrun Jahn (flute), Lionel Rogg (organ, harpsichord), Jane Murdoch (violin), Jonathan Rees (violin), Bob van Asperen (harpsichord), Mark Bennett (trumpet), Paul Goodwin (oboe), Rachel Beckett (recorder), Monica Huggett (violin), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Fabio Biondi (violin), Bernhard Klapprott (harpsichord), Carsten Lohff (harpsichord), Marcello Busi (harpsichord), Alison Bury (violin), Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Janet See (flute), John Holloway (violin), John Toll (harpsichord), Marc Hantaï (flute), Jordi Savall (viola da gamba), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), Davitt Moroney (harpsichord, organ), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord), Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Michel Debost (flute), Davitt Moroney and Susann Sheppard, Susan Sheppard (cello), Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Gent, Taverner Choir, Ensemble Sonnerie, Europa Galante, La Petite Bande, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Consortium Musicum, Süddeutscher Madrigalchor, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Kammerorchester C P E Bach, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble, Concerto Melante, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Philippe Herreweghe, Andrew Parrott, Sigiswald Kuijken, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, John Nelson, Peter Schreier, Philip Ledger

Kenji Miura (piano)

Elias David Moncado (violin), Mirabelle Kajenjeri (piano)

Karl Leister (clarinet), James Galway (flute), Fritz Helmis (harp), Andreas Blau (flute), Günther Piesk (bassoon), Karl Steins (oboe), Herbert Stähr (clarinet), Manfred Braun (bassoon), Norbert Hauptmann (french horn), Lothar Koch (oboe), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Frederica von Stade (soprano), José van Dam (bass-baritone, baritone), Nadine Denize (mezzo-soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Richard Stilwell (baritone, tenor), Christine Barbaux (soprano), Pascal Thomas (bass), Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Britten Quartet

Thomas Bangalter

Thomas Bangalter (all instruments)

Various Artists

Vincent Dubois (organ)

Stephen Kovacevich (piano), with Ann Murray (mezzo) & Nobuko Imai (viola), with Ann Murray (mezzo) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Mikhail Rudy (piano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Dresdner Philharmonie, Philadelphia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michel Plasson, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Jeffrey Tate, Marek Janowski, Otto Klemperer

Martha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello) & Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Gabriela Montero (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) & Cristina Marton (piano), Giorgia Tomassi (piano), Carlo Maria Griguoli (piano) & Alessandro Stella (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin), Michael Guttman (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Alexandre Debrus (cello) Enrico Fagone, double bass - Alfred Rutz, flute - Corrado Giuffredi, clarinet – Gregorio Di Trapani, percussion Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Hubert Soudant

Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, José van Dam, Simon Keenlyside, Marie-Ange Todorovitch & Alain Fondary Choeur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Martha Argerich, Renaud Capucon & Gautier Capucon, Renaud Capucon, Gautier Capucon & Chen, Martha Argerich & Piotr Anderszewski, Mischa Maisky & Sergio Tiempo, Martha Argerich & Gabriela Montero, Lechner & Sergio Tiempo, Martha Argerich & Leschenko, Zilberstein, Schwarzberg, Hall, Romanoff-Schwarzberg & Dobrins, Vallina & Martha Argerich

Thomas Allen (Don Giovanni), Carol Vaness (Donna Anna), Maria Ewing (Donna Elvira), Elizabeth Gale (Zerlina), Keith Lewis (Don Ottavio), Richard van Allan (Leporello), John Rawnsley (Masetto), Dimitri Kavrakos (Il Commendatore) Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Sergei Edelmann (piano), Lily Maisky (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Daniel Rivera (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin), Lucia Hall (violin), Mark Dobrinskji (cello), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola), Alexander Mogilevsky (piano), Danilo Grassi (percussion), Louis Sauvêtre (percussion), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Gabriela Montero (piano), Geza Hosszu-Legocky (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Natalia Margulis (cello), Alessandro Stella (piano), Carlo Maria Griguoli (piano), Giorgia Tomassi (piano), Alexander Gurning (piano), Dora Schwarzberg (violin), Jorge Andres Bosso (cello), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Jacek Kaspszyk

Peter Donohoe (piano), Nigel Kennedy (violin) & Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)

Gidon Kremer (violin) & Martha Argerich (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Eberhard Wächter (Faninal), Ljuba Welitsch (Marianne), Paul Kuen (Valzacchi/Tierhändler), Kerstin Meyer (Annina), Nicolai Gedda (Italian Singer) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (Orfeo), Greet Koeman (Euridice), Nel Duval (Amore) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Chorus & Orchestra of the Netherlands Opera, Bruno Walter, Herbert von Karajan, Charles Bruck

Daniel Barenboim (piano)